2 correctional officers taken to hospital after incident at Montreal courthouse – Montreal

Quebec’s Public Safety Ministry confirmed that two correctional service officers have been injured throughout an incident Tuesday morning on the Montreal courthouse.

Marie-Josée Montminy, a spokesperson for the ministry, mentioned it occurred at round 11:05 a.m. throughout a trial.

She defined how the litigant had been allowed to take away his masks throughout the proceedings however that momentary plexiglass dividers had been put in on all sides of his chair within the dock.

“When leaving the courtroom, the accused refused to be handcuffed and broke the mentioned plexiglass,” Montminy wrote in an e mail to World Information.

Each officers have been injured whereas making an attempt to restrain him.

Montminy mentioned particular constables jumped in to assist the 2 officers, who have been taken to hospital for therapy.

“They have been aware throughout their transport,” she mentioned.

The accused suffered solely minor accidents. It isn’t recognized what extra prices he may face in reference to the incident.

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